in 2014 after traditional season kick off in Dubai

Nissan and PlayStation’s award-winning driver discovery and development programme, GT Academy, will spread further across the globe in 2014.

The Nissan PlayStation GT Academy has been discovering new talent since 2008. Gamers living in Europe, Russia, the USA, the Middle East and South Africa have an annual opportunity to become the next Lucas Ordonez or Jann Mardenborough. Now a wider group of gamers will get a shot at one of the biggest opportunities in motorsport.

Nissan has entered a line-up of 10 drivers for the Dubai 24 Hours, all of which are different nationalities. Nissan GT Academy Team RJN will run two Nissan 370Z Nismos in the race that has been the traditional ‘prize drive’ for winners of GT Academy.

The Class of 2013The four newest GT Academy winners and their mentor, 2008 winner Lucas Ordonez, will race the first of the 370Z Nismos. In 2013 GT Academy ran competitions in Europe, Germany, Russia and the USA. The four winners were selected during the rigorous Race Camp finals, held at Silverstone in September.